Re: Best Klon Centaur Clone???

ARC Effects Klone seems to get a lot of love...I've never tried it. My hoarding personality paid off for me, as I have a silver Klon from back in the day. Tempted to sell it a time or two as the prices have gotten rediculous, but I know that I would regret it later. It is a pretty cool circuit (not a TS variant as some would try to argue). I did play a JHS Klone once...it was pretty close.

Re: Best Klon Centaur Clone???

Periodically I would surf YouTube looking at Klon videos and I always felt like I could hear a VERY distinctive midrange characteristic in them but not the same mid sound I hear in a TS. Like just the right amount of raspiness.

I know pretty much nothing about Klons except for the dollar amount they command on the resale market. But I DO have a Mojo Hand Rook and I've heard people compare it to a Klon. I don't know, I just liked that it seemed to be able to deliver a TS sound with a little "oomph" and that's exactly what it can do amongst other smooth or bitey goodness.

Re: Best Klon Centaur Clone???

I am very happy with my Fredric Effects Golden Eagle.

I recently came across a Youtube video where someone is pitching a Bad Monkey against a Klon Centaur. An unlikely contender but on the evidence of that video a worthy opponent. I also have a Bad Monkey but prefer the Golden Eagle.

Re: Best Klon Centaur Clone???

you will probably get a lot of differing opinions about which is the closest clone and so forth. Two things to make certain is that the gain knob in the clone of interest is a dual gang, and that the internal voltage is pumped up from 9 to 18V. Those are some of the secret sauces, not all, but some, which make a klon a klon. you will also want a buffered bypass, not true bypass. True bypass klon clones sound like the flatulence of a half-man-half-horse creature. I have been in touch with JMK pedals and as soon as I can sell another pedal I am going to order their "Custom Drive". Small enclosure, reasonably priced, and the samples i heard sounded spot on. If JHS was still making theirs, I would go JHS, but even those are being sold at near 300 USD, if not more as of late. I nearly pulled the trigger on a Piedmont Aluminum Falcon II, but there were too many negatives online about issues with the electronics.

Re: Best Klon Centaur Clone???

yeah there will be a lot comparisons that will sound fairly similar. i guess it is like what JB says about his amps setup; it may all sound very similar to the audience, but it is a different feel. I can vouch for that, having played an original klon before. it is a great overdrive, and it sits well in a mix, and cuts through just enough. I guess a Fulldrive running at 18V will get you close to that sound, and it will be a more versatile pedal as it has more settings.

Re: Best Klon Centaur Clone???

RichardH wrote:

I am very happy with my Fredric Effects Golden Eagle.

I recently came across a Youtube video where someone is pitching a Bad Monkey against a Klon Centaur. An unlikely contender but on the evidence of that video a worthy opponent. I also have a Bad Monkey but prefer the Golden Eagle.